This guide introduces you to the Hallward Library.
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1.Services on Level 2
Lending Desk All borrowing and returning of books is done here, except for the Short Loan Collection. Please keep us uptodate with your address whenever you move. Apart from loans and returns, the lending desk also deals with reservations and queries about membership and opening hours. Material from the Hallward Library Store is collected for readers once an hour (Mon – Fri: 9.30am - 4.30pm) and less frequently in the evenings and at weekends. Material requested from Central Store can also be collected here.
The Short Loan Collection is situated to the right of the Lending Desk. It contains books in heavy demand which can be borrowed for short periods during the day, overnight, or for the weekend – see the separate leaflet available at the Short Loan Counter. It also holds photocopies of many periodical articles mentioned on your reading lists and a large collection of videos. Short Loan items may be reserved in advance using the library online catalogue (UNLOC).
Inter-Library Loans If your research requires material not in our own library you can use this service. Please see guide IS2005 Availability of the Inter-Library Loans Service for details of quotas, charges and authorisation needed by undergraduates. Applications for these loans are normally made on the library online catalogue (UNLOC) in the library, or remotely over the internet. Library staff will be pleased to give you guidance when you are making these applications.
Photocopying Selfservice machines are available on this floor. The machines are all cardoperated, using credited Smart Cards or copy cards purchased from the Lending Desk. Copy credits can be purchased from the kiosk located nearby, from the Lending Desk or from the ISCRA service point. Remember that all photocopying is subject to the Copyright Regulations.
The Reference Collection contains general encyclopedias, directories, atlases, street plans, dictionaries and other quick reference works. Subject bibliographies and specialised reference material are kept in the reference collections on other levels.
Microfilm copies of various newspapers, including The Times and Financial Times, are available. Printed indexes to these newspapers are kept nearby.
The IS Computer Resource Area (ISCRA) has 48 PCs and two pre-paid laser printers. It provides access, for those registered, to networked facilities including electronic information sources, UNLOC, internet, email, word processing and other software.
The ISCRA is open 24 hours, with Smart Card access outside normal library opening hours. A service point is staffed at core times during the day (Monday to Friday) for the purchase of copy credits and general IT assistance.
Occasionally, the ISCRA will be blockbooked for teaching purposes and such information will be displayed in advance on the entrance doors.
The IS Training Room and the Conference Room are situated to the left of the entrance.
Useful telephone numbers:
(off campus prefix = 95)
Lending Desk:14555
Counter Supervisor:Lynn Brown
14580
Inter-Library Loans:Alison Stevens
14556
Short Loan Collection:
Enquiries:18905
Supervisor: Ciara Kearney14544
Level 2, Service Point for general enquiries:
14514
or, 14557
2.Services on Level 3
Books and periodicals on this floor cover Geography, Planning and Anthropology (G-GV), Economics, Economic History (H-HJ), Psychology (HL), Sociology, Applied Social Science (HM-HX), Politics and Constitutional History (J-JZ), Law (K-KY), Architecture (NA). Books are arranged on the shelves in classified order. Oversize books are shelved in a separate section at the end of the main book sequence. Planning and social work dissertations are kept at LZ and Architecture dissertations at NZ.
Periodicals are arranged in broad subject groups and are shelved alphabetically by title within each group.
There are a further two self-service card-operated photocopiers located on this floor. Copy credits can be purchased from the kiosk located on Level 2, from the Lending Desk or from the ISCRA service point. Remember that all photocopying is subject to the Copyright Regulations.
The Reference Collection contains material marked 3/ before the class number. It contains the reference and bibliographic tools for the specific subjects represented on this floor. Atlases (geographical, economic and statistical) are kept on atlas stands near the entrance to the floor. Indices, directories and encyclopedias in law and social sciences are shelved along with the bibliographies. General reference works are kept on Level2.
The Documents Division contains national and international statistical sources, British government publications and publications from the major international bodies. The Division also houses the European Documentation Centre with its collection of European Communities publications. The Documents Division card catalogues (containing entries for the older material) are near to the Enquiry Desk. (Most Documents Division material added after 1995 is entered only in the library online catalogue. Please ask at the Enquiry Desk if you would like help in using the Documents Division.)
There are several workstations provided for accessing the library online catalogue (UNLOC). Further ISCRA-style workstations are available, linked to the printers in the IS Computer Resource Area on Level 2.
Microforms, including microfiches and microfilms, are located near the Reference Collection and reading machines are provided nearby.
Lockable carrels (normally available only to postgraduate students) and a group study room are located on the floor. These can be booked at the Lending Desk on Level 2.
Useful telephone numbers:
(off campus prefix = 95)
Level 3, Service Point for enquiries:
14560
Subject Librarians:
Law:Laurence Bebbington
14568
Social Sciences:Susan Heaster
14579
Staff are at the Service Point for enquiries during the day (although not during the evening and at weekends) and will be glad to help you with any queries or difficulties.
3.Services on Level 4
Books and periodicals on this floor cover Philosophy (B-BJ), Theology (BL-BX), History (C-F), Fine Art (N), Philology (P), Classical languages and literatures (PA), European languages (PB-PF + PH), Slavonic languages and literatures (PG), African and Asian languages and literatures (PK-PM), General literature (PN), Romance literatures (PQ), English literature (PR), American literature (PS), Germanic literature (PT), and Bibliographic studies (Z). Books are arranged on the shelves in classified order. Oversize books are shelved in a separate section at the end of the main book sequence. M.A. dissertations from a number of departments are kept at PZ oversize.
Periodicals are arranged in broad subject groups and are shelved alphabetically by title within each group. New issues are displayed in the central area for one week. Most are then shelved with their backrun; a few (as listed nearby) are shelved behind the display shelves.
The Reference Collection contains material marked 4/ before the classmark. It comprises subject and biographical encyclopaedias, dictionaries, bibliographies and language dictionaries. Historical and linguistic atlases are on atlas stands near the entrance to the floor. More general reference works, such as general encyclopedias and biographical dictionaries, are kept on Level 2.
There are several workstations provided for accessing the library online catalogue (UNLOC). Further ISCRA-style workstations are available, linked to the printers in the IS Computer Resource Area on Level 2.
Microforms, including microcards, microfiches and microfilms, are located at the end of the Current Periodicals section and reading machines are nearby.
Lockable carrels (normally available only to postgraduate students) and three group study rooms (two with multimedia viewing facilities) are located on the floor. These
can be booked at the Lending Desk on Level 2.
Useful telephone numbers:
(off campus prefix = 95)
Level 4, Service Point for enquiries:
14561
Subject Librarian:Mary Dawson
14584
Arts and Humanities staff are at the Service Point for enquiries during the day (although not during the evening or at weekends) and will be glad to help you with any queries or difficulties.
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